AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
DETROIT GIANTS AT HALIFAX HEATHENS
09/12/2023
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AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
DETROIT GIANTS AT HALIFAX HEATHENS
GAME ID: 6883 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH , 2023 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit Giants (81-68) 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 9 9 0
Halifax Heathens (91-58) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 7 7 2
Cabriales Pounds 2 Homers in 9-7 Giants Win
The Detroit Giants defeated the Halifax Heathens, 9-7. First Baseman Ruben Cabriales deserved a large share of the credit. Cabriales belted 2 home runs, while adding 8 RBI and scoring twice for the Giants. The Giants improved their record to 81-68 with the win over Halifax.

With Detroit leading 5-3 in the top of the eighth, Cabriales hit a fastball from Andy Swift for a grand slam home run. It was his 4th home run of the season and put the Giants ahead, 9-3.

"It was offense that won us the game," said winning manager Sean O'Leary.
DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE HALIFAX BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Valentine SS 4 3 2 0 2 1 1 .242 1 38
K. Brosch LF 4 1 0 0 1 4 4 .287 22 74
R. Forsythe 3B 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 .299 25 102
R. Cabriales 1B 4 2 2 8 0 0 3 .359 4 14
A. Mejia DH 4 0 0 0 1 3 5 .278 30 111
C. Lutz RF 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 .222 34 93
   a-J. Joyner RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 21 65
C. Witt C 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .240 3 25
E. Salgado 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 1 1
B. Shahan CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .235 5 27
Totals 36 9 9 9 9 13 23      
a - J. Joyner substituted for C. Lutz in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Shahan (8, 6th Inning off N. McGettigan, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: C. Witt (3, 2nd Inning off J. Hart, 0 on, 1 out) , R. Cabriales 2 (4, 5th Inning off N. McGettigan, 2 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off A. Swift, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: G. Valentine 2 , R. Forsythe 2 , R. Cabriales 8 , C. Witt 5 , B. Shahan 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Forsythe , C. Lutz , E. Salgado 2
Sac Fly: R. Cabriales
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: G. Valentine 3 (46) , R. Cabriales (1) , C. Lutz (15)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Valentine-Salgado-Cabriales, Salgado-Valentine-Cabriales)
PB: C. Witt
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Smith 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .308 14 90
E. Kukowski RF 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 .259 33 94
L. Orozco SS 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 .297 47 124
A. Compton 3B 4 1 2 4 0 0 2 .266 32 105
T. Vela 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .254 20 73
G. Orozco LF 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .237 12 44
J. Herrera DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .323 11 65
M. Smith C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .211 0 6
J. Gonzalez CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 1 22
Totals 33 7 7 6 4 5 11      
BATTING
Home Runs: A. Compton (32, 6th Inning off Q. Herrera, 2 on, 1 out) , G. Orozco (12, 8th Inning off C. Fitzsimmons, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Smith , L. Orozco 2 , A. Compton 5 , G. Orozco 4 , M. Smith
2-out RBI: G. Orozco
GIDP: C. Smith , T. Vela
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: A. Compton 2 (9)
OF assists: 1 (Gonzalez(Cabriales at home))
DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE HALIFAX PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Q. Herrera W (4-3) 7.0 4 6 6 4 4 1 106 5.54   
C. Fitzsimmons 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 29 5.45   
PITCHING
Game Score: Q. Herrera 45
Batters Faced: Q. Herrera 30, C. Fitzsimmons 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Q. Herrera 8-10, C. Fitzsimmons 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: Q. Herrera 106-63, C. Fitzsimmons 29-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: C. Fitzsimmons 3-3
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Hart L (14-4) 4.1 4 3 3 2 8 1 83 2.79   
N. McGettigan 1.1 3 2 2 2 3 1 43 4.35   
D. Fischer 1.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 28 5.82   
A. Swift 0.2 1 3 3 3 1 1 24 4.27   
J. Harkey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.37   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Hart 49
Batters Faced: J. Hart 20, N. McGettigan 9, D. Fischer 8, A. Swift 6, J. Harkey 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Hart 3-2, N. McGettigan 1-0, D. Fischer 1-3, A. Swift 1-0, J. Harkey 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Hart 83-49, N. McGettigan 43-25, D. Fischer 28-15, A. Swift 24-10, J. Harkey 9-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. McGettigan 1-1 , D. Fischer 1-0 , A. Swift 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ruben Cabriales
Ballpark: Estadio Azteca
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM
Time: 3:51
Attendance: 34826
Special Notes: Ruben Cabriales sets the DET regular season game record for RBI with 8.
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